Energy Minister: Gas Exploration Starts Off Southwest Greece
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Two earthquakes with magnitude 5.3 and 4.7 rocked the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos on Wednesday but no injuries to people or minibus taxi Dion damage to structures were reported, Greek authorities said.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are both set to shun foreign holidays this summer and instead favour 'staycations' in the UK, sources suggest. Pictured: Greece Tours Mr Johnson on holiday on the Greek island of Trikeri in 2016 - when he was Foreign Secretary
"The reserves we speculate exist southwest of Crete and the Peloponnese might be the last hope the mining industry has to find a large reserve ... in the region of southeastern Europe, in our region," he said.
The EU proposal came under fire from countries in favour of a gas price cap to reduce citizens' high energy bills - with Poland's energy minister calling the proposal "a joke" and analysts suggesting it was designed with such strict criteria that it would never be used.
EU gas prices have soared this year as Russia slashed gas deliveries to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, although even a record-breaking price spike in August would not have triggered the EU's proposed cap.
After months of infighting among EU countries who disagree on whether to cap energy costs, taxi transfers the European Commission last week proposed a price cap that would kick in if the front-month Title Transfer Facility gas price exceeded 275 euros per megawatt-hour for two weeks and was 58 euros higher than a liquefied natural gas reference price for 10 days.
BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief on Wednesday defended the bloc's proposal to cap gas prices and said countries will negotiate possible changes to the proposal, after a backlash from EU member states.
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The scenes come just months after the Prime Minister was met with a furious backlash after his father jetted to his four-bed home in Greece - ignoring Foreign Office guidance which stated no one should travel unless it was essential.
Mr Johnson has opted for luxury overseas holidays in the past, including spending Christmas in the Caribbean island of Mustique. It is there that he is believed to have proposed to have proposed to his now-fiancée Carrie Symonds (pictured together)
Stanley Johnson, private day tours in Tailor Made Tour greece 79, who just months ago flew to his Greek villa in brazen defiance of the pandemic travel warnings, was spotted without a face covering as he popped into his local newsagents in West London on Tuesday for a newspaper.
But gas price caps have split the 27-country bloc.
While Italy, Pelion sightseeing Spain, Belgium, taxi transfers Malta and Pelion tours Greece criticised the proposed cap for being too high or unlikely to ever kick in, countries including Germany and private taxi Tailor Made Tour greece the Netherlands are sceptical of capping gas prices - warning that this could deter suppliers from sending much-needed gas to Europe.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece´s energy and environment minister says U.S.
energy giant ExxonMobil has begun prospecting for natural gas off the coast of southwestern Greece, kicking off a delayed project as Europe seeks alternative energy sources due to the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the prospecting also comes at a time of heightened tension with Turkey, with which Greece has been at loggerheads over offshore exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish prospecting east of the southern Greek island of Crete two years ago prompted a military buildup.
If viable gas deposits are eventually found, "no discounts will be made regarding safety and environmental protection" in any potential mining operations, he said. "All research is being done with the basic priority of the protection of the environment," he said, speaking later in the day at Greece´s Foreign Press Association.
By some local accounts, he arrived to the region by private car after documenting his controversial journey from the UK on social media, sharing a video taken from a plane and online taxi Tailor Made Tour a selfie where his face was covered with a white mask.
Environmental groups have argued that deep-sea prospecting for resources Critics also highlight the potential risk of spills, and say the project, if successful, would increase Greece´s use of fossil fuels amid the planet´s climate change crisis.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also expected to take his holiday in the UK. Although Mr Johnson insisted he 'totally understood' if people felt the need to go abroad, the intervention will heap pressure on MPs and ministers to follow suit.
Skrekas, who holds the portfolios of both energy and environmental affairs, insisted there would be no conflict of interest between the two, and that the main emphasis would be on environmental protection.
ExxonMobil´s ship is already in operation in the area, minibus taxi Tailor Made Tour Energy and Environment Minister Kostas Skrekas said on state-run ERT television Thursday, just four days after Greece´s prime minister announced the project was to start.
